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Joe Butterfly
“The Uproarious Saga of Those Hilarious Heroes Who Took Tokyo in a Storm of Laughter with their Riotous Operation Kimono!”
5.7 / 10• 1957• 1h 30m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
The staff of "Yank" magazine are among the first American troops into Tokyo after the Japanese surrender. Their mission: produce an issue of the magazine...in three days. To accomplish the seeming impossible, they reluctantly enlist the aid of black marketeer and arch-conniver Joe Butterfly, who sets them up in a palatial private mansion, complete with lovely daughter -- strictly against regulations. How much trouble can our heroes talk their way out of?
Cast & Crew
Burgess Meredith
Joe Butterfly
Lead
Audie Murphy
Pvt. Joe Woodley
George Nader
Sgt. Ed Kennedy
Keenan Wynn
Harold Hathaway
Keiko Shima
Chieko
Fred Clark
Col. E.E. Fuller
John Agar
Sgt. Dick Mason
Charles McGraw
Sgt. Jim McNulty
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jesse Hibbs's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Joe Butterfly is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
